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v24.20.0207 - 2023-03-16 12:57
    * Image Columns: Now if "Configuration | Information | File Info Tips & Hover Box | 
      Show file info tips" is disabled (and Hover Box for Image Columns as well), 
      you won't get a tooltip with the textual contents of the hovered cell anymore.
      However, you can still force this tooltip by holding down the CTRL key.
    * List: Column header tooltips on Ctrl+Hover now come faster, always, and update on 
      the fly when you resize the column by Ctrl+Left/Right.
    ! Title Bar: Since v24.20.0110, a Virtual Folder with a name was not shown with that 
      name in the title bar. Fixed.
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v24.20.0209 - 2023-03-17 11:32
    % List: Slight speed gains (speedvolution never stops). Apart from a quicker startup 
      and increased snappiness, browsing times are now more consistent.
    ! Custom File Associations: Executable files (eg EXE, AHK) could not really be 
      associated with other executables to open them with (eg Notepad). They just 
      stubbornly opened by themselves instead. Surfaced v24.20.0110 - 2023-03-15.
      The fix also affects "Open With: ..." in Extra File Info Tips (Configuration | 
      Information | File Info Tips & Hover Box | Show file info tips | Extra fields) which 
      now shows e.g. "Notepad" for executables when it should.
    ! Breadcrumb Bars: Probably since 20180913 the focus jumped to the Address Bar after 
      going to a new location via a dropdown menu. Fixed.
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:!!: Note that BETA versions are work in progress and might contain fresh bugs. You have been warned. It's a good idea to backup your complete XYplorer settings (menu File | Settings Special | Backup Application Data Folder...) before running a new BETA version. This will also help in fixing any fresh bugs.

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v24.20.0211 - 2023-03-17 20:26
    * Configuration | Colors and Styles | Color Filters | Draw background colors in 
      distinctive shapes: Now the size of the shapes is adjusted to the screen resolution, 
      i.e. the shapes get bigger with higher resolution.
    ! SC freshhere: Used the real path (C:\Users\Donald\Desktop) even when "here" was a 
      special path (Desktop). Fixed.
    ! Configuration | General | Menus, Mouse, Usability | Mouse | Full name column select: 
      Selection rectangles in Details views were too wide when Age Circles (Tools | 
      Customize List | Date Column Format | Circles) were shown in the Name column. Fixed.
:info: To easily upgrade to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. If you prefer to download the BETA version, choose one of these packages:
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:!!: Note that BETA versions are work in progress and might contain fresh bugs. You have been warned. It's a good idea to backup your complete XYplorer settings (menu File | Settings Special | Backup Application Data Folder...) before running a new BETA version. This will also help in fixing any fresh bugs.

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v24.20.0300 - 2023-03-18 12:00
    = MAINTENANCE RELEASE.
  +++ Minor bug fixes and enhancements.
To easily upgrade to this OFFICIAL version from XYplorer, click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. If you prefer to download this new version, choose one of these packages: (1) Installer Package, (2) No-Install Package (for manual unpacking).

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v24.20.0301 - 2023-03-19 11:12
    + Scripting got a new function.
      Name:   HtmlEncode
      Action: Converts non-ANSI Unicode characters to numeric HTML entities.
      Syntax: htmlencode(text)
        text: String of characters to convert.
      Remarks:
        - The general entity format returned is: &#xHHHH;
          HHHH here stands for the hexadecimal Unicode code point
        - ANSI characters (ordinal 0-255) remain unchanged.
      Examples:
        text chr(0x5FEB) . " -> " . htmlencode(chr(0x5FEB)); //快 -> 快 
        text htmlencode("快速入门指南"); //快速入门指南
        copytext htmlencode(<clipboard>); //convert current clipboard contents        
    * Help | Various Information: Removed the line OS Uptime: ..., eg:
        OS Uptime: 5 days, 19 hrs, 40 mins, 39 secs
      Retrieving that information was the only reason this dialog was loading so slowly, 
      and it was pretty much useless anyway.
      So this dialog is now MUCH faster, aka instant.
    ! SC tagcheck: Did not mark the tags as dirty when necessary, nor did it update the 
      dirty count. Fixed.
    ! SC tagcheck: Did not refresh the file list when needed after correcting the 
      capitalization of tags in memory:
        tagcheck(8); //correct capitalization, returns count corrected items
      Fixed.
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v24.20.0302 - 2023-03-20 12:23
    + Scripting got a new command.
      Name:   Preview
      Action: Previews a file in the Preview Pane.
      Syntax: preview [file], [mode], [guid]
        file: Full path of file to preview.
              Defaults to the currently focused file.
        mode: How the preview is generated.
              n:   [Default] Normal UI preview as if you selected the file. 
              p:    Use PreviewHandler, bitness depends on current user settings (incl. possible fallback to other bitness).
              p32:  Use 32-bit PreviewHandler.
              p64:  Use 64-bit PreviewHandler.
              t:    Use ThumbnailProvider, method and bitness depend on current user settings.
              tf32: Use 32-bit IShellItemImageFactory.
              tf64: Use 64-bit IShellItemImageFactory.
              te32: Use 32-bit IExtractImage (currently not implemented in 64-bit).
              x:    Close the Preview Pane.
        guid: CLSID of the PreviewHandler to use, eg {CF822AB4-6DB5-4FDA-BC28-E61DF36D2583}.
              Only used with modes p, p32, p64.
      Remarks:
        - The command ensures that the Preview Pane is visible.
        - The time needed is displayed in the status bar.
        - Live resizing, MDBU, and tooltip are supported.
        - A powerful command that allows you to preview files that are not currently listed.
        - Also useful as a debugging device for shell-generated previews and thumbnails, 
          and as a test bed for CLSIDs.
      Examples:
        preview "E:\Test\Preview\Katakana.pdf";       //normal preview
        preview "E:\Test\Preview\Katakana.pdf", p;    //PreviewHandler (bitness depends)
        preview "E:\Test\Preview\Katakana.pdf", p32;  //PreviewHandler (32-bit)
        preview "E:\Test\Preview\Katakana.pdf", p64;  //PreviewHandler (64-bit)
        preview "E:\Test\Preview\Katakana.pdf", t;    //ThumbnailProvider (bitness depends)
        preview "E:\Test\Preview\Katakana.pdf", tf32; //ThumbnailProvider IShellItemImageFactory (32-bit)
        preview "E:\Test\Preview\Katakana.pdf", tf64; //ThumbnailProvider IShellItemImageFactory (64-bit)
        preview "E:\Test\Preview\Katakana.pdf", te32; //ThumbnailProvider IExtractImage (32-bit)
        preview; //normal preview of current file
        preview , x; //close the preview pane
        //PreviewHandler (32-bit), GUID of PDF-XChange PDF Preview Provider:
        preview "E:\Test\Preview\Katakana.pdf", p32, "{CF822AB4-6DB5-4FDA-BC28-E61DF36D2583}";
:info: To easily upgrade to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. If you prefer to download the BETA version, choose one of these packages:
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:!!: Note that BETA versions are work in progress and might contain fresh bugs. You have been warned. It's a good idea to backup your complete XYplorer settings (menu File | Settings Special | Backup Application Data Folder...) before running a new BETA version. This will also help in fixing any fresh bugs.

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v24.20.0303 - 2023-03-21 11:38
    + SC preview: Added mode "tg32".
      Syntax: preview [file], [mode], [guid]
        mode: How the preview is generated.
              tg32: Use 32-bit GDI+ (Graphics Device Interface).
                    Tip: Only works for image files.
    * SC preview: Apart from mode "n", all modes ignore the settings in "Configuration | 
      Preview | Previewed Formats". Every file type is attempted to be previewed.
    * SC preview: Modes "tf32", "tf64", "te32" ignore tweak PreviewEarlyFactory. 
      Not new, but forgot to mention yesterday.
    * Configuration | Colors and Styles | Colors | Apply colors: Now these colors are also 
      applied to the selected tab of the back pane, but slightly desaturated to mark the 
      backness.
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v24.20.0305 - 2023-03-22 12:08
    * Configuration | Preview | Previewed Formats | Category: Preview as Thumbnail: 
      Removed OpenOffice extensions .odt .ods .odp from the factory defaults. With the 
      recent version of OpenOffice there is a real preview, not just a thumbnail.
    * List | Selections Context Menu: In v18.00.0005 - 2017-06-14 17:39 the commands "Move 
      to Other Pane" and "Copy to Other Pane" were added to the menu if Dual Pane was 
      enabled. Now their visibility is also tied to Configuration | General | Menus, 
      Mouse, Usability | Context Menus | File List... | Move/Copy/Backup To.      
    * Updated the help file.
    ! Tools | Configuration...: Crashed when the tags DB loaded thru Admin.ini did not 
      have any color labels defined. Fixed.
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v24.20.0400 - 2023-03-22 20:00
    = MAINTENANCE RELEASE.
  +++ Minor bug fixes and enhancements.
To easily upgrade to this OFFICIAL version from XYplorer, click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. If you prefer to download this new version, choose one of these packages: (1) Installer Package, (2) No-Install Package (for manual unpacking).

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v24.20.0401 - 2023-03-23 12:45
    + Menu Go: Added command "Go Now". Functionally identical to pressing ENTER in the 
      Address Bar, it allows you to re-run the current Address Bar contents without the 
      need to focus the Address Bar first. Highly useful when running small scripts here.
      I immediately assigned Ctrl+G to this command and my life is a piece of cake now.
    * Toolbar: Renamed button "Address Bar Go" to "Go Now".
    * Preview Pane: Now, when "Configuration | Preview | Preview | Image/Video preview | 
      No border" is selected, previews have no more top and bottom padding. Gives you 8 
      pixels in height, and looks better.
    * MLS: Internally updated to version 8.163.
      > TRANSLATORS: Please wait until Reference_8.163.lng is uploaded.
        You will be notified if you have subscribed to this thread:
        https://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=9648
    ! Tools | Customize List | Autosize Columns: Columns came out a little too small in 
      screen resolution 125% and higher. Fixed.
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v24.20.0402 - 2023-03-23 17:56
    ! Drag and Drop: Since v24.20.0305 drag and drop to another app via taskbar did not 
      work anymore. Fixed.
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v24.20.0403 - 2023-03-24 10:58
    + Configuration | General | Menus, Mouse, Usability | Context Menus | File List...: 
      Added option "Copy/Move to Other Pane". So here is now an independent way to control 
      the commands "Move to Other Pane" and "Copy to Other Pane". They are no longer tied 
      to "Move/Copy/Backup To".
    - Go | Go to from Here...: Removed. Useless bloat.    
    ! Go | Go to...: Did not support auto-include for scripts yet. Fixed.
    ! List: May have fixed an error 9 related to alternate grouping in the sorted column 
      (Configuration | Colors and Styles | Highlights & Dark Mode | Grid style).
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v24.20.0404 - 2023-03-24 16:43
    + Configuration | General | Startup & Exit: Added option "Include beta versions". Tick 
      it to include beta versions when checking if there are any updates (aka beta 
      channel). This affects the check on startup (Configuration | General | Startup & 
      Exit | Check for updates on startup) as well the manual check via menu Help | Online 
      Support | Check for Updates.
    > Tip: Even if "Include beta versions" is OFF you can force checking for beta versions 
      by holding CTRL while clicking Help | Online Support | Check for Updates (since 20171031).
    * Updated the help file.
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v24.20.0500 - 2023-03-24 20:00
    = MAINTENANCE RELEASE.
  +++ Minor bug fixes and enhancements.
To easily upgrade to this OFFICIAL version from XYplorer, click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. If you prefer to download this new version, choose one of these packages: (1) Installer Package, (2) No-Install Package (for manual unpacking).

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v24.20.0501 - 2023-03-25 15:43
    * View | Tab | Iconize: Renamed to "Iconized Tab". Better reflects its toggle nature.
    % Color Filters: Tiny drawing adjustment in List and Small Icons view.
:info: To easily upgrade to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. If you prefer to download the BETA version, choose one of these packages:
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